Winter 2008

February 6-10, 2019 Annual Cabin Trip: Part 2

51. Friday arrived and brought overcast skies and a dusting of fresh snow.

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49. Ronnie and AJ would be heading back to town later today as AJ had work commitments, but not before we held the annual Father and Son dirt bike ice drags which Ronnie has won for the past two years.

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46. After the big race Sooley hopped on Ronnie's YZ 250 and tested out the studded tires for his very first time. Ol' Sooley did well cracking the throttle and surprisingly not crashing!

45. After the boys headed back to town Sooley took a walk in the back ATV trail and found fresh Coyote tracks freshly made in last nights fresh fallen snow.

44. He followed the tracks along the full length of our back ATV trail then up the pond right to the pole line. It appears at least 3 animals were in the group, each taking slightly different tracks as they travelled.

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42. Reaching the pole line, Sooley found a great vantage point, set up the caller and readied his .223 rifle just as French arrived in the Argo stirring up the whole hunt! LoL

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40. Meanwhile Janes took Project Powertek REV for a spin up the pond to see what the byes were up to.

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38. While all that was going on, I was back at the cabin and throwing together a quick lunch.

37. On the menu today was sliced moose roast, fresh mushrooms, onions seasoned with garlic, Italian seasoning and Worchester sauce. Its one of my favourite lunches for cooking up in the woods, however today I took advantage of the cabin's facilities for our lunch.

36. After lunch while the byes went back to coyote hunting I loaded up Project Foreman with my chainsaw and a few tools and hit the back ATV trail to cut up some wind fallen trees blocking the path.

35. My good ol Princess Auto Poulan continues to work well, actually better than expected for a $100 saw that's used once or twice a year.

34. At the end of our path (currently) I added a new exit path out to the pond which will help avoid a rather difficult hill climb coming back the out the trail. It will also make hauling firewood easier as we can use the frozen pond at least in the winter instead of the twisty tangly woods path.

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32. Late Friday afternoon French and I jumped in his Argo and took a spin up the pond to try out a new ice fishing spot. For the first time ever we are seeing more and more strangers on Sooley's pond which for the last 20 years we've had mainly to ourselves and experienced great fishing. Naclor's new Hydro Line came with new forest access roads which means people can now drive their car to locations never before accessible without a long walk - including the top of Sooley's pond.

31. This evening we headed over to the next gully and set out a few lines as it was getting dark and managed to catch a half dozen nice trout in a little over an hour. Sooley later joined us and set up an old fashioned coffee perk on his camp stove so we could warm up with a fresh cup of Joe!

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29. Supper Friday consisted of Sooley's excellent homemade Chilli and a Caesar salad.

28. Dad stopped up to the cabin Saturday morning with his 2015 Can Am Outlander in tow. After helping him unload and having a yarn Dad, French, Sooley and I headed up the pond for an afternoon ice fishing while Janes stayed behind prepareing his fancy Saturday night Roast Beef Dinner.

27. Temperatures Saturday were bone chilling cold with high winds all day, however our regular ice fishing place at the top of the pond was pretty sheltered in the Lee side of a hill.

26. By and by we got a fire going and set about putting together a nice lunch.

25. Lunch today consisted of Bologna and Beans, some hearty chicken soup and of course a cup of tea.

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20. All in all it was an excellent afternoon in the woods with my old man and we even managed to catch a few trout.

19. Suppertime Dad was headed home while Kim Puddister and her boyfriend arrived and went for an Argo tour with French and Sooley. Meanwhile I hit the trails once again on Project Foreman as we waited for Jane's amazing Roast Beef dinner to be ready.

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15. Once again Janes put together an outstanding Beef Tenderloin dinner with vegetables and a wicked gravy.

14. It was a meal truly fit for a king!

13. After supper we broke out balloons, sparklers and cake to celebrate Sooley's big 4-0 birthday!

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8. Ol' Kim is also knocking on the door of 40 too, sometimes it shows. LoL

6. The last day of our trip arrived and brought with it more very cold winds and clear skies.

5. Janes and I headed to Monty's Place in Whitbourne for breakfast while the rest of the crew slept in. We spent most of our last day at camp packing up for home and cleaning the cabin.

2. French lent a hand disposing of leftovers found in the fridge, every job is just as important as the next!

1. It's hard to believe that another year has come and gone, this being our 21st Annual Winter Trip, not sure where all the time has gone, but this website sure helps bring back memories of all our past just simply wonderful trips!

Cheers, MIKE